
Acting
Patrick Joseph Noel Purcell (23 December 1900 – 3 March 1985) was a distinguished Irish actor on stage, screen, and television. He appeared in the 1956 film Moby Dick and the 1962 film Mutiny on the Bounty.
Patrick Joseph Noel Purcell was the son of Dublin auctioneer Pierce Purcell and his second wife Catherine (née Hoban), an antique dealer. He was born at 11a, Lower Mercer Street, one of two houses owned by his mother's family.
Purcell was educated at Synge Street CBS. He lost the tip of his right index finger while making cigarette vending machines, and was also missing his entire left in…

The MacKintosh Man
as O'Donovan

Flight of the Doves
as Rabbi

The McKenzie Break
as Ferry Captain

Sinful Davey
as Jock

Where's Jack?
as Leatherchest
The Violent Enemy
as John Michael Leary

Arrivederci, Baby!
as Capt. Daniel O'Flannery

Doctor in Clover
as O'Malley

Lord Jim
as Captain Chester

The Iron Maiden
as Admiral Sir Digby Trevelyan
The Crimson Pirate
1952